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For Yisroel hath not been forsaken nor Yehudah by Elohav, by Hashem Tzva’os; though their land be filled with asham (guilt) against Kadosh Yisroel.

Flee out of the midst of Bavel, and deliver every ish his nefesh; be not slain because of her avon; for this is the time of Hashem’s vengeance; He will render unto her a full recompence.

Bavel hath been a Kos Zahav in the yad Hashem, that made kol ha’aretz drunken; the Goyim drank of her yayin; therefore the Goyim go mad.

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For Israel and Judah have not been forsaken(A)
    by their God, the Lord Almighty,
though their land[a] is full of guilt(B)
    before the Holy One of Israel.

“Flee(C) from Babylon!
    Run for your lives!
    Do not be destroyed because of her sins.(D)
It is time(E) for the Lord’s vengeance;(F)
    he will repay(G) her what she deserves.
Babylon was a gold cup(H) in the Lord’s hand;
    she made the whole earth drunk.
The nations drank her wine;
    therefore they have now gone mad.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 51:5 Or Almighty, / and the land of the Babylonians